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W. W. BATGHELDER.

BICYCLE BELT HOLDER.

No. 544,653. Patented Aug. 20, V1895.

WITEEIEEE- MTED STA-*rss PATE-NVT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. BATCHELDER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGOR OF ONE-HALF TO EPHRAIM B. WOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE BELTl-IOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,653, dated. August 20, 1895.'

Application tiled October l, 1894.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BATcHEn DER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachnsettahave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle Belt- Holders, of which the following isa description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to -which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing my iinproved belt-holder in use; Fig. 2,'a vertical transverse section taken on line 2 2, in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view illustrating a modiication.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Much difficulty is experienced bythe wearers of belts of ordinary construction from the fact that the top of the trousers continually slip under the belt and require frequent adjustment. These belts are usually made `in sections and connected by a leather-covered ring in order to save the leather stock, which would of necessity be wasted in forming the beltof a continuous strip. These rings interfere seriousl y wit-h the employment of a continuousinetallicloop attached to the trousers, as they will not slip or thread readily therethrough. i

My invention is designed to obviate these objections and tosnpply a holder which can be readily detached from the trousers and which avoids the necessity of employing a textile loop permanently attached.

In carrying out my improvementI make use of means which will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the trousers, to which the suspender-buttons h are attached in the usual way.

B represents asection of the belt, and D the connecting-loop of said sections, these parts being all of the ordinary form and construction.

'The holder O comprises a strip of metal having its ends j bent or folded upon the Serial No. 524,575. (No model.)

body of said strip, so that they are in alignment and leave a space t. frame there is a lateral slot g, which terminates in a countersink. segmental opening la. This slot preferably is arranged diagonally of said body and forms a buttonhole, which will receive the button h, the shank of which readily sets into said countersink, as shown in Fig.'2.

The holder is attached tothe `button h in the manner described, and the belt B can be adjusted in said holder by folding said belt longitudinally and passing the edges thereof into the opening t between the loop ends 71j. When the belt is adjusted around the body of the wearelgthe buttons h prevent all upward movement of the holder, and there is sucientbearing-surface of the button in the metallic buttonhole to prevent tilting of said holder. When the belt is detached, the holders can be readilyslipped from off the button, as will be seen.A

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the holder C4 has a slot g2 cut in its end i2, and the countersunk portion k2 formed in the inner end of said slot. This arrangement would presentthe smoothoutersurface of the body portionfoutside'the belt.

The salient feature of myinvention lies in constructing a belt-holder of a lat strip of metal bent to contain a. leather belt and provided with a laterally-opening slot terminating at its inner end in a countersunk opening for receiving the under face of the button, which is concealed and locked therein by the belt.

I preferably form the slot in the body of the strip opposite one of the ends i j, and it is better that the slot be inclined obliquely upward from the countersink, as the belt tends to ride upward as the wearer bends. The upper edge of the belt crowding into the bend of the holder above the button serves in conjunction with the inclined slot to more securely fasten itin the countersink. It will be understood also that celluloid or similar flexible material which is sufficiently stiff for the purpose may be employed in place of the metal, if desired.

Having thus explained myinvention, what I claim is- In said bodyfand f ICO the herein described belt-holder comprising metal having its ends bent toward each other the metal band havin gits ends, ,j, folded leavover the body of said band leaving a space ing the space, t, the body of said band hav- 15 between, and provided with a slot opening ing theupwardlyinciined slot, g, disposed op- 5 through the edge of said band, said slot terposite one of said ends and terminating in Initiating in a conntersunk opening at its inthe countersunk opening, k, substantially as ner end :fitted to receive the under face of a specified.

button in such manner that the outer face of w i the button may be engaged by the belt when VILLIAM V BA1 GHELDER' 1. A be1t-hoider comprising a flat band of 1o adjusted in the holder substantially as and Vitnesses:

for the purpose set forth. K. DURFEE,

2. As an improved article of manufacture O. M. SHAW. 

